Soft mochi with fragrant kinako has been a Tokaido specialty since the Edo period

Freshly made mochi (rice cake) dusted with kinako (soybean flour) would be served in tea houses in Abekawa, which flourished thanks to its gold mines. When Lord Ieyasu visited the area after retiring from his position of shogun, he was presented this mochi and told it was "Abekawa no kinako mochi", or "mochi dusted with Abekawa gold". Ieyasu was much taken with it, and one story has it that he called it "Abekawa Mochi". It also makes an appearance in the Edo-period best seller, Tokaidochu Hizakurige. The confectionery became a Tokaido specialty, thanks in no small part to the fact that it used white sugar, which was very valuable at that time in Japan. You can enjoy ones dusted with kinako and others wrapped in bean curd together in a set.

Address

5-15-3 Toro, Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka

Phone

+81-54-283-1663 （Japanese only）

Opening hours

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Holidays

Every Monday and Friday* There may be holidays due to maintenance and inspection etc.

Price

Abekawa Mochi 650 yen per plateMori-soba set 1,000 yen

Access

Take the Shizutetsu Justline bound for Toroiseki from "Shizuoka Station" of JR Tokaido Shinkansen for approx. 10 minutes, and alight at "Toroiseki".